"At all levels of society, all over the globe, Charles Schulz and Peanuts had a profound and lasting influence on the way people saw themselves and the world in the second half of the 20th century. It's now been exactly a year since Schulz's death, and I still see a gap on the long shelf of Peanuts literature for a full-scale biography that places Schulz where he belongs - in the pantheon of American cultural achievement. For me, it's a privilege and pleasure not only to explore the life and art of this seminal figure with the cooperation of his family and associates, but also to be in partnership with a house that early on shaped my ambitions. Thirty-two years ago, as a 10-year-old wearing a brand-new Linus sweatshirt, I loved to investigate my grandfather Ordway Tead's files and papers and books in his office at Harper & Row and at home. More than anything in the world, except maybe my Linus sweatshirt, I loved feeling my way into another person's past life and being allowed to live its strangeness. Last summer, when Schulz's family invited me into his book-lined studio at One Snoopy Place in Santa Rosa, California, the aroma in that room was the same as that which I recall from my earliest excavations at Harper's - the unfading smell of paper and ink."
David Michaelis

"In coming years, when Charles Schulz's artistic accomplishment is seen as the singular, revolutionary and purely American thing that it is, this biography will surely be one of the main reasons why. Fifty years of Peanuts comic strips are here gently turned over to reveal the thready biographical tapestry which stitched together the lightly-knotted ink lines of Charles Schulz's little repertory company for almost two-thirds of his life [Schulz] once suggest[ed] that anyone who wanted to know anything about him as a person could find all the answers in his comic strip; [now,] David Michaelis' book provides just this unprecedented and very adult key to Schulz; the moving and surprising revelations appear chapter after chapter, page after page. For this complicated generous, humble yet fiercely serious artist, Michaelis has written a like biography, exhaustively researched and respectful, presenting a man worthy of awe as he was disarmingly human. Even if you already love Peanuts, after you read this book you will come to know and more deeply understand the unquestionable genius that went into every single line that Charles Schulz ever drew."
Chris Ware

"In the '80s he was one of the 10 highest-paid entertainers in America, right up there with Oprah and Michael Jackson. In fact, if by artist we mean someone who paints or draws, it's no stretch at all to say that Charles Schulz was the most popular and most successful American artist who ever lived. He was also, to judge from David Michaelis's new biography, one of the loneliest and most unhappy."
The New York Times - Read the full review here.

"I came away from Michel Rabagliati's summer camp memoir, Paul Has A Summer Job, with a warm sense of second-hand nostalgia. It has the restorative effect of a sunny day by a sparkling lake... it reminds you of what you really enjoy literature for - the chance to connect to others and what's real - and get away from superficiality and irony. If only my summer camp had been like this…"
Time.com - Read The Full Review Here.

"I need to write in a visual way... for example, with cut-out words. Writing is what I am all about."
Julie Doucet discusses 365 Days at Walrus Magazine

"Contraband interweaves the controversial aspects of the mobile phone industry with a storyline involving a disparate bunch of characters who find themselves drawn together by the device in their pocket. Each character has a story to tell and each one of them needs to find a way to come to terms with their predicament."
Phil Elliott

"The new concerns were more social-related. Kids receiving intimidating texts from class bullies. A mate of mine was even propositioned to subscribe to some sort of spy-cam exhibitionist mobi-blog. I had no idea why these folks were secretly filming everyone, but there was tons of stuff on there."
Thomas Behe

"Contraband has a great underlying premise, based around the use/misuse of camera phones, loss of privacy and the boom in the spy cam industry that this generates. That's probably enough for a story, but TJ Behe goes further, weaving an interesting plot around an abducted girl. This is a great sci-fi thriller, written by someone who knows a lot about mobile technology. However, the real stroke of genius was to enlist Phil Elliott as the artist. This adds another twist to the story, giving it a clean and unique feel. Rather than being another dark cyberpunk comic, the style is quite European and very inviting."
Leonie Moore, Comics International

"I think there are endemic types of comics in different creative centers around the planet. Some of those endemic comics, like superheroes and manga, manage pretty well in export markets. The classic comics of the French-Belgian school have struggled more, because they've cut themselves off from their popular roots. But now we're witnessing a form of cross-border comics: comics and graphic novels that can be read by everyone, which are created by authors that are separating themselves from their comics references and going more towards literature. People like Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Seth, Jiro Taniguchi, Marjane Satrapi, Joann Sfar and many others have managed to win over an audience that had slowly turned away from a type of comics that had become too facile, too commercial. We're witnessing the appearance of an international movement of authors who have grasped this medium vigorously and are trying to return it to one of the freest and most creative places to be, in terms of artistic narration. Whoa - am I sounding too pompous, saying that?"
Lewis Trondheim talks comics with Newsarama.